Village Readies Roads For Music Theater

May 03, 1990

Tinley Park officials say they hope to have half of the road improvements needed to handle traffic from the village`s new outdoor music theater completed by July 1, a month after the theater officially opens.

The Village Board Tuesday hired Gallagher Asphalt Corp. to widen Oak Park Avenue to four lanes with a 16-foot median from Harlem Avenue to Interstate Highway 80. Work on the one-half mile stretch of road should begin in two weeks and is expected to be finished by July 1, according to Village Manager Dennis Kallsen.

Tinley Park also plans to construct left turn bays at Harlem and Oak Park Avenue. That work will not begin until the World Music Theatre closes for the season this fall. The theater, under construction south of I-80 between Harlem and Ridgeland Avenues, is scheduled to open June 2.